Xponance Inc. Boosts Holdings in Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE:JHG)

Xponance Inc. raised its stake in shares of Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE:JHG) by 9.7% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 16,183 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,434 shares during the period. Xponance Inc.’s holdings in Janus Henderson Group were worth $688,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Quarry LP grew its stake in Janus Henderson Group by 203.6% during the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 759 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 509 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. grew its position in shares of Janus Henderson Group by 56.5% during the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 787 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 284 shares in the last quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Janus Henderson Group by 89.4% in the fourth quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 769 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 363 shares during the last quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Janus Henderson Group by 33.9% in the fourth quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 1,137 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,000 after buying an additional 288 shares in the last quarter. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Janus Henderson Group by 48.7% during the fourth quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,872 shares of the company’s stock valued at $80,000 after buying an additional 613 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 87.94% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

JHG has been the topic of several recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Janus Henderson Group from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $44.00 to $53.00 in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. UBS Group raised shares of Janus Henderson Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $45.00 to $50.00 in a research note on Monday, February 24th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Janus Henderson Group from $43.00 to $46.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. StockNews.com upgraded Janus Henderson Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Janus Henderson Group from $46.00 to $48.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, December 20th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Janus Henderson Group presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $47.38.

Janus Henderson Group Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of NYSE JHG opened at $37.78 on Tuesday. Janus Henderson Group plc has a fifty-two week low of $30.35 and a fifty-two week high of $46.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 2.08 and a current ratio of 3.08. The company has a market cap of $5.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.76, a PEG ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 1.49. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $41.58 and its 200-day moving average price is $41.51.

Janus Henderson Group (NYSE:JHG) last released its earnings results on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $1.07 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.13. Janus Henderson Group had a return on equity of 12.18% and a net margin of 16.38%. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.82 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Janus Henderson Group plc will post 3.75 earnings per share for the current year.

Janus Henderson Group Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 11th were given a $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 11th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.13%. Janus Henderson Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 60.94%.

Janus Henderson Group Profile

Janus Henderson Group plc is an asset management holding entity. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides services to institutional, retail clients, and high net worth clients. It manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm also manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for its clients.